18 September

324 Constantine defeats Licinius at Chrysopolis and in turn becomes sole ruler of the Roman Empire
1938 death of Horace Trumbauer

Seroux d'Agincourt
plotting
1996.09.18

Re: fact check and some truth
1998.09.18 10:10

Morris Arboretum
Gravers Lane
Vanna Venturi House
Esherick House

Emlen Physick House
Wildwood
2000.09.18

dxfs
2000.09.18

an apology
2001.09.18 11:25
Ambrose and Theodosius question
2001.09.18 11:44
Re: "incredible" military relic
2001.09.18 12:00
Re: Is your tie straight?
2001.09.18 12:10
keep [US] off the Holy Ground
2001.09.18 12:36
Re: LC 2 (addendum)
2001.09.18 14:45
Re: travels in hyper-reality
2001.09.18 15:15

objective
2001.09.18

re: what is an architectural idea?
2002.09.18 12:54
oops
2002.09.18 13:05
more deja vu than soup de jour
2002.09.18 13:43
Re: oops
2002.09.18 15:09
2002.09.18 16:15
another fashion tip [of the iceberg]
2002.09.18 17:08

18 September 1938
2006.09.18 07:25

Re: Is your tie straight?
2001.09.18 12:10

In brief, beyond Savoye and Marsailles, the 'box on pilotis' motif re-occurs in the upper middle section of the Governor's Palace for Chandigarh, and later within the also unexecuted design for the Palais des Congres a Strasbourg (1964). There are several minor examples as well. It is surely a design approach that Corbu continually re-worked throughout his career, thus I see it as a more consistant application of "theory."



Re: LC 2 (addendum)
2001.09.18 14:45

In Oeuvre Complète vol 7, p. 153, in the section on the Palais des Congres, there is a curious reference to one of the peripherial buildings to the Palais--'6. Hotel 226x226 sur pilotis de 5 m'. The 226x226 dimension is the same one used when describing the metal "erector set" system of the Heidi Weber Pavilion. I've since always wondered if at that point LC was considering having the metal system of "boxes" also raised on pilotis. If so, it would be an interesting "exception."

I also confer to what you relate about the "evil earth"--this adds much to the box raised on pilotis "theory".

Firminy is an interesting example in that the upper "box" is designed as a square the "morphs" into a circle while "ascending". When I was constructing Quondam's computer 3d model of Firminy, I was indeed struck by what the lower levels (beneath the church proper) were composed of, essentially a grid of rooms.



Re: travels in hyper-reality
2001.09.18 15:15

The more one looks at Wildwood, the more it becomes apparent that themed hotels there are truly abundant. There is even a section in Wildwood Crest that 'reenacts' the Pacific Rim/Oceania--hotels themed Wai Kiki, Kon Tiki, Tahiti, Singapore Inn, etc. all next to and across from each other. Given the fact that practically all these hotels were well in place by 1970, I now wonder if it is not entirely possible to say that Wildwood's hotel architecture unwittingly is the precursor to today's Las Vegas, and to major portions of Disney World as well. This is not to say that Wildwood architecture somehow started a trend, but rather to regard Wildwood's architecture as a profoundly dense and extremely well preserved forerunner to what is today a global tourist architecture phenomenon.

Does anyone know of a good historical (i.e., chronological) survey of the 20th century's themed buildings?

Also, does anyone know of older (i.e., pre-1975) resort cities in other parts of the world that contain numerous themed hotels?

ps Do you remember that I lent you a copy of Eco's Travels in Hyper-Reality (I think that's the title) at least four years ago? I want it back now.



18 September 1938
2006.09.18 07:25

the death of Horace Trumbauer



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